Hand quilting a spray basted quilt with perle cotton...advice please?
I've spent most of today crawling around on the floor wrestling quilt layers and inhaling spray baste fumes. Thought I'd done a pretty fair job till I tried to iron it, as shown in the online class I'm taking. Wrinkle, wrinkle, wrinkle! So I laid it out on the floor again & smoothed & smoothed and it may be okay now but I wouldn't put money on it. I hate basting! I used flannel for the batting. Do you think that could be the reason for all the wrinkling? Anyhow, I've admired all the big stitch outline or ditch quilting I've seen on the blogs using perle cotton and want to try that. Actually, what I plan to use is #10 crochet cotton because that is what I have & I don't want to go shopping. Is there anything else I need to do to stabilize the quilt before I get started? Any tips from hand quilters out there? Was spray basting a mistake? I'd love to hear any thoughts and advice. Thanks so much!